The most powerful way to pass on Appreciative Inquiry is to practise it while teaching it. This case shows that even in an assessment-driven educational context, Appreciative Inquiry can be passed on by trusting experiential learning, normalising struggle, and aligning inquiry with learners’ realities. The enduring impact appeared after the process ended: lecturers kept reflecting, writing appreciatively, and learning. The inquiry had truly become theirs.
'AI Practitioner' is brought to the world by a partnership between the David L. Cooperrider Center for Appreciative Inquiry, and Kessels & Smit, The Learning Company. It is designed to highlight examples, case studies and research on strength-based approaches to change with special emphasis on Appreciative Inquiry.